Lenard named Preseason All-Conference USA; Blue Raiders picked fourth

DALLAS - Conference USA announced its men's basketball preseason awards Thursday, with Middle Tennessee's Teafale Lenard, Jr., among the Preseason All-Conference honorees. The Blue Raiders were picked to finish fourth in presason coaches poll.

Lenard is coming off a freshman season in which he was named C-USA Freshman of the Week four times and set the single season program record for dunks. The Snyder, Texas, native also blocked 58 shots, the fourth-highest single season total on record and the 10th-most in a Blue Raider career.

The Blue Raiders were fourth in the preseason poll, highest among teams not receiving a first-place vote. MTSU is coming off a 26-11 finish to the 2021-22 season in which it won the C-USA East Division and reached the finals of the CBI.

The season kicks off against Brescia on Monday, November 7, at 11 a.m. at the Murphy Center.

2022-23 C-USA Men's Basketball Preseason Poll

Rank	School (first-place votes)	Total
1.	UAB (9)	119
2.	WKU (1)	102
3.	North Texas (1)	100
4.	Middle Tennessee	87
5.	Florida Atlantic	86
6.	LA Tech	63
7.	Rice	51
8.	UTEP	41
9.	Charlotte	39
10.	FIU	20
11.	UTSA	18

C-USA MBB Preseason Player of the Year
Jordan Walker, UAB

C-USA MBB Preseason All-Conference Honorees

Name	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Alijah Martin, Florida Atlantic	So.	G	Summit, Miss.
Cobe Williams, LA Tech	Jr.	G	Dallas, Texas
Teafale Lenard, Middle Tennessee	So.	G	Snyder, Texas
Tylor Perry, North Texas	Sr.	G	Fort Coffee, Okla.
Quincy Olivari, Rice	Jr.	G	Atlanta, Ga.
Eric Gaines, UAB	So.	G	Lithonia, Ga.
Jordan Walker, UAB	Sr.	G	Long Island, N.Y.
Emmanuel Akot, WKU	Gr.	G	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dayvion McKnight, WKU	Jr.	G	Shelbyville, Ky.
Jamarion Sharp, WKU	Sr.	C	Hopkinsville, Ky.

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